Persepolis

Name: Persepolis
Author: Marjane Satrapi

A graphic memoir of growing up during and after the Iranian Revolution, sharp, funny, and clear-eyed about a country in upheaval.

Book note Marjane Satrapi 2000 Memoir & Life Story Fiction

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